Manchester United stars trapped hitting 70 in 40 limit

I often cycle on that road and ­sometimes the blast of wind as they roar past is enough to make me unstable on the bike

A local cyclist

They trailed in second in last year’s ­Premier League title race but are in pole position when they get behind the wheel of their supercars.

We clocked several of them rocketing down a 40mph stretch of road near their training HQ.

A Daily Star Sunday reporter and ­photographer nabbed the millionaire squad with a highly accurate speed gun as they rushed away from the club’s Carrington training ground.

We captured a host of first-team members risking three licence penalty points by ­massively exceeding the 40mph limit.

Defender Patrice Evra, 31, led the way in his gunmetal £170,000 Mercedes SLS Gullwing, ­hitting 75mph as he roared along the road, which is ­often lined with vehicles and busy with trucks visiting a depot.

Brazilian midfielder Anderson, 24, was ­behind the wheel of his white Gullwing which touched 72mph as he flashed past a 40mph road marker.

There was nothing sluggish about Spanish goalkeeper David de Gea, 21, who recorded 68mph in his £40,000 Range Rover Evoque.

We monitored the players’ speed on the road after being contacted by a worried local, who is also a keen cyclist.

The man said: “It is a long, straight road but it is very busy with lots of lorries and often there are loads of cars and wagons parked up.

“The players ­absolutely hammer down and it only takes one of these ­lorries to pull out in front of them and there could be ­absolute carnage. I often cycle on that road and ­sometimes the blast of wind as they roar past is enough to make me unstable on the bike.”

Our team used a sophisticated Bushnell ­Velocity speed gun which is accurate to +/- 1mph.

Italian striker Federico Macheda, 21, in a chauffeur-driven BMW X5, came down the road at 56mph.

Then came veteran Ryan Giggs, 38, who reached a top speed of 54mph in his £100,000 Range Rover, with defender Johnny Evans, 24, just 1mph slower in his Audi Q7.

Midfielder Michael Carrick, 31, was nine miles an hour over the limit in his black ­Mercedes Benz while striker Javier Hernandez, 24, was driven away in a Range Rover doing 48 on the busy road.

Midfielder Tom Cleverley, 23,hit 47mph in his sporty ­Porsche 4x4.

But Rio Ferdinand – banned from driving ­after clocking up a series of speeding offences – made sure his driver took it easy as he travelled at a sedate 38mph in a Jaguar saloon.

Rio, 33, is off the road for six months after being nabbed for exceeding the 30mph limit three times in five weeks on the A56 in Manchester.